(World Tier 4) Challenge mode build guide. In this video, I discuss the logic behind my decisions equipping each piece of gear, and show 13 minutes of gameplay at the end. The gameplay is from The American History Museum, Challenge difficulty (SOLO). I included one of the heavy mini-bosses at the end, to show how to deal with them (hint: shoot in the face with signature weapon).
THE BUILD: Cluster seeker grenade | Oxidizer chem launcher | Survivalist. High skill power (8008), with decent survivability and crit chance. 451 gear score. As gear score rises with WT5, you can transfer the perks in you want.
Link to character screen : https://imgur.com/a/5axlAd0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvHK59K4l5k
Mike securing the house with 2 kills leading up to the hill approach, which locked in the chicken dinner.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0oUtGsMp6s
THE TEMPLE OF SCAR (GM1 STRONGHOLD): A full 23 minute no death run of the Temple of Scar stronghold on Grand Master 1 difficulty. This includes loading screens, final boss, and disenchanting loot at the end. Build is listed below.
NO CONSUMABLES USED (UNBUFFED)
Solo queuing pick up groups with my (494) masterwork ranger. The ranger offers a dynamic tool kit, and is incredibly fun to play.
I still have a few tweaks to the build that I need to make, to further optimize it. Right now it can handle GM2, and I frequently run legendary contracts on GM2 with a friend.
I plan to further push the build into GM3.
Screenshot of build: https://imgur.com/a/AEVdw3r
Build guide: https://youtu.be/MTnit_Z5Zr4
-build requirements-
venom darts, sticky grenade, siege breaker (offhand sniper), tip of the spear, cooldown reduction
-quick overview-
most of the damage comes from combo + blast increase (nade), and cooldown reduction. the constant venom darts will ensure that you take the combo on detonation. you can usually fire one right before the grenade detonates. acid debuff also provides a group damage increase on the targets.
spam nades and darts, pretty simple! use your gun to help with shielded enemies. successful combo heals you for 40% hp (unlimited range) and will heal/rez the group members AOE around your javelin (tip of the spear MW mod). use siege breaker to freeze big elites, save ammo for only 3 shot freezes. main gun can by anything (flex spot). i chose thunderbolt of yvenia for the extra damage to shields (lightning proc).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDayAkk2X68
I had puppeteer equipped from earlier, because it sounded cool. I thought the move itself was used during combat, to gain an advantage. This was the first realization I had that it could be used for progressing quests.
Live stream timestamp: https://youtu.be/k6CLAupr8AA?t=1140
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlzXCioY3Lc
Team tries to advance on our position, deep in the west side of Pochinki. As they push, I rush down and Mike provides choke point fire.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqdWq5ol-w
ENDGAME. Impale Champion /w Saviour, unedited version. The last video had some encoding issues from the editing software, this is the raw version.
This is by far, my favorite build to run in POE. I use it in SSFHC, as well. EXTREMELY HIGH DPS. FUN. FAST. Also, in the beginning of the video I realize for the first time that I have JUST UNLOCKED THE CELESTIAL HIDEOUT WTF??! LOL. I went back and looked at the clip, sure enough, on my A8 shaper kill the other day the hideout unlocked and I didn't notice (you can still see the old video link for the kill here: https://youtu.be/ngl2t6wolx4?t=197). CLASSIC. 01:45 monster ship hideout (will link below), 02:45 realizing CELESTIAL UNLOCK, 04:54 unbuffed cyclone tooltip DPS, 05:15 quick look at talents, 05:57 A8 atlas, 06:38 red map 1 begins, 10:46 boss fight, 10:52 boss dead, 11:47 stats screen, 12:42 gear check, 16:23 A8 Baran Citadel, 17:46 Baran fight, 17:56 Baran dead, 19:53 red map 2 begins, 23:02 BIG headhunter proc, 23:26 cyclone tooltip DPS over 3 million, 26:19 boss fight, 26:23 boss dead, 26:40 final thoughts.
Pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/4CckDfEU
Pastebin for browser: https://pastebin.com/t0BBfvxH (shows impale dps)
Impale DPS instructions: https://imgur.com/a/E8i9rn5
Monster ship hideout: https://hideoutshowcase.com/hideout/show/1745
Use the import feature in your hideout editor, and find a hideout you like on this website. The game will auto purchase from your vendors the correct pieces to build the hideout layout. Very cool feature.
Key game info:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/23...
(the game is free to play!)
**the PoB pastebin link was completed as much as it could be. There were a few mods that couldn't be added (such as -15 mana cost to gems in chest, making cyclone 0 mana cost, and a few others).
**few notes added
**headhunter is used for map clear, Ryslatha's coil is used for boss DPS
**deep cuts was not available in PoB to select for my cluster jewel, but it is the primary reason I have the cluster jewel slotted the way I do. It adds 1 more impale stack.
**uploaded the 1440p 60fps version of the video, unedited. Make sure to set it to 1440p for the best resolution.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLK34B_CMVI
Duo's 2 v 2 situation. Pulled a slick move out the window as Mike pushed down from inside. We were able to take out the other team of 2 with ease.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLUEkb-O0O0